PartimageDVDRAM

Hello!

I have a problem with my DVD-RAM drive (Panasonic LF-D201) under Gentoo-Linux (SystemRescueCd) with Partimage-0.6.4

I can mount the drive using:

mkdirmnt-dvd mount -t vfatdev-sr0mnt-dvd

Due to the FileSizeLimit of 2GB in the Kernel of the Gentoo-Linux used by the SystemRescueCd (whenever image file size grows over this limit I have error messages), I have decided to use a limit of 1.5GB for the image file. Using this setting, I can place three files on one DVD-RAM media (e.g. backup.partimage.gz.000 to backup.partimage.gz.002).

This works fine. Then I have set the option that makes partimage wait before a new image file is created, to have a pause to change the DVD-RAM media.

When the first three image files are written, I have to change the DVD-RAM, which seems to be impossible to me. The drive does not react when pressing the eject button (because the drive is busy even though partimage pauses).

I have found out by trying, that I can eject the media by using following console commands in a different task:

umountmnt-dvd eject

When I mount the drive again after changing the DVR-RAM and try to continue the backup with partimage, I get an error message informing me that the media is full. This must be because partimage does not recognize my way of changing the DVD-RAM media and continues it's calculation of free disk space based on the media that containes the three image files already written.

I have seen that this way of backup on DVD-RAM should work with partimage, but there must be a different way to change the DVD-RAM media.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

Michael